Inclined water-wheel



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM BAKER, OF DALTON, OHIO.

INCLINED WATER-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom, t may concern Be it known that I, Aerial-IAM BAKER, of Dalton, in the county of lVayne and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved lVater-Iheelg and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part oi this specification, in which- Figure l, represents a general View of the wheel; Fig. 2, a section.

The nature otmy invention consists in forming` an inclined wheel with movable buckets in the rim so as to receive the water at its highest point and discharge it at the lowest by which I am enabled to use a wheel of much larger diameter in a given fall than can be done with an overshot wheel.

To a stout shaft (a) I aiix any convenient number of arms (o) and rmly brace them; around the outer ends ot these arms a. broad rim (c) is fastened which projects above the `tace of the wheel and inside ot' it an other rim (CZ) is attached to the arms concentric with the first named one (c) and of the same width between these two rims a series of buckets (e) are suspended conw st-ructed of any suitable material the ends 3,279, dated September :,28, 1843.

of these are somewhat in the form of a `trapezium the inner end being smaller than t-he outer one so as to conform to the radii of the circle; they are hinged on a rod that runs across from one rim to the other under their bottom.

The wheel thus constructed is placed at an angle of about On the rims are placed studs (e) forward of the supporting` rod `which keeps the bucket upright while going' down and thns prevents its losing' water (see section A, Fig. 2,) but after the bucket has Vpassed the lowest point it can fall back and the contents delivered; this is shown atB, Eig. 2.

Having thus fully described my inventionV what I claim as new therein, and for which I desire Letters Patent is- The combination of the buckets (e) contracted and operated as herein described with the inclined wheel in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein described.

ABRAI-IAB'I BAKER.

Witnesses HENRY BoUnNn, J. J, GREENoUGi-I, 

